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๐Ÿ“ฎ idioms

A vibrant photograph of bright orange carrots, which are the star of our English lesson on an English idiom.

An English Idiom You Should All Know Ep 371

I think itโ€™s true that positive rewards are a better motivation for most people, rather than negative ones. However, if you need someone to do something, and suitable rewards cannot encourage them to act, you sometimes need to highlight negative or even threatening outcomes. Especially if people will not do what you need them to do. Now that took quite a lot of English vocabulary to explain a simple scenario, a native English speaker would prefer to use an English idiom, a metaphor which explains the scenario in a much simpler idiomatic way.

Published

October 08, 2020

๐Ÿ’ฌ Words: 2154

โณ Length 11 min

๐Ÿ“ฎ phrases

A photograph of vanilla ice-cream, a classic comfort food. Used to help with our English lesson on English phrases about comfort food.

English Phrases - What Is Your Comfort Food? Ep 353

In todayโ€™s English lesson we explore some everyday English phrases in and around comfort foods. I have a few favourite foods, depending on the situation. So listen to this English audio lesson to help improve your spoken English fluency and find out what type of food I like on a cold rainy day in Britain.

Published

August 06, 2020

๐Ÿ’ฌ Words: 2230

โณ Length 12 min

๐Ÿ“ฎ listening

A photograph of a man wearing headphones as he listens to Adept English, learning to speak English.

Adept English Learning Language Skills Little And Often Ep 352

Whenever you set out to do something new, like learning to speak English, something you want to do that is not part of your lifeโ€™s routine at the moment, you need to prepare yourself. If you want to do something new, like learning a language, then you need to decide what things you need to do, and focus on adding this additional set of routines to your daily life.

Published

August 03, 2020

๐Ÿ’ฌ Words: 2344

โณ Length 12 min

๐Ÿ“ฎ idioms

A photograph of some walking boots used to help explain the English idiom too big for your boots

English Idioms That Are Too Big For Their Boots Ep 349

I was talking to a British colleague of mine about Adept English recently and mentioned that one of our English lessons will be on English idioms. They said nobody uses idioms that much anymore, and I laughed because the music on the radio at that very moment was Stormzy, a popular English rapper, was literally rapping a song about an English idiom at that very moment. The English use idioms all the time!

Published

July 23, 2020

๐Ÿ’ฌ Words: 1709

โณ Length 9 min

๐Ÿ“ฎ phrases

A photograph of seven ballerinas at ballet bar. Used to help explain the many uses of the English word bar.

English Phrases With Just A Few Bars In Them Ep 347

Keeping up with English phrases can be difficult. Not only do English words fall in and out of everyday use. The English language often uses the same word, but with a different meaning. Lucky for you Adept English focuses on useful everyday English, so we can help you keep up.

Published

July 16, 2020

๐Ÿ’ฌ Words: 1942

โณ Length 10 min

๐Ÿ“ฎ idioms

A photograph of a black forest Pavlova cake with a cherry on top, used to help explain the English idiom the cherry on top of the cake.

Three English Idioms Which Are The Same In French Ep 339

Today we examine 3 common English idioms. English idioms are a pain to learn for new English language learners. We try to make it fun and interesting, so much so you might like these awkward parts of the English language when we finish with them.

Published

June 18, 2020

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